Fishing line drying device



May 1, 1951 T. J. ENGLISH FISHING LINE DRYING DEVICE Filed May 17, 1947 JNVENTOR.

Tag/J. 5129115)), BY

3 ATTORNEY Patented May 1, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,55o,791 v FISHING LINE DRYING DEVICE V Tully J. English,Buflal o, Y. I v Application May 17, 1947, SerialNo. 748,857

which, in disassembled relation, may be conven- I iently carried by the fisherman along with the usual fishing paraphernalia, which may be quickly and readily assembled in any convenient place Without the use of tools and as readily and quickly disassembled, and which, as assembled, provides a line drying rack by which the rod and reel may be supported in their normal operative relation whereby the line may be directly unwound from the reel, without its disassembly from the rod, and strung upon and between supporting elements by which the convolutions of the line are maintained in spaced relation, thereby to expose the line to the air with resultant quick drying effect.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as in use.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on th line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevation showing the manner in which the rod is secured.

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

The parts of the device, as assembled, constitute a line drying rack I, having two end standards 2 and 3 of inverted U-shape, each standard providing two supporting legs 4. Each standard at one side of its vert cal center is formed with a transverse e ening 5 to accommodate a tie rod 6 which may readily be inserted in or withdrawn from the alining openingsj, the tie rod being secured by thumb screws I arranged to provide adequate finger space for their manipulation.

Each support 2 and 3 at its top center is drilled and tapped, as at 8, to receive the threaded lower end 9 of a vertical rod I upon which a vertical line spacing and supporting roller I is mounted for free rotation. A pair of wear washers I2 may be freely mounted on rod I0, one between the lower end of roller II and the standard by which it is supported and the other between the upper end of roller II and a cap nut I3 screwed upon thethreaded upper end of the rod I0. A slight clearance between cap nut l3 and the adjacent washer I'2 prevents binding at the ends of the roller during its free rotation on rod I0. 7

The entire surface of each roller II is formed with parallel circumferentially extending line receiving grooves I which provide circumferential 1 Claim. (Cl. 242-104) v 2 j parallel line separating serrations I6, the grooves and the serrations being in alternate relation and the serrations preferably being of substantial V-shape in cross section and having inclined side faces.

At the side of its vertical center opposite the openings 5, the supports 2 and 3 are formed with notches I1 and I8, respectively, to accommodate a fishing rod. The notch I8 extends radially whereas the notch I! is angularly disposed relatively to the radius of the support, thereby to provide an overhanging lip I9 which is tapped to receive a thumb screw 20 for engagement with the rod to secure it against longitudinal displacement.

It will be understood that the line drying rack may be used with any type of fishing rod, a bait casting rod and reel being shown in Figure l.

The fishing rod is generally designated as 2| and comprises a rod part 22 and a handle portion 23 from which the rod Dart extends, the handle portion 23 being provided with the usual seat upon which the reel 24 is mounted.

Assuming that the fishing rod has been used and the wet fishing line 26 is wound upon the reel spool, the rod and reel are positioned on the assembled rack with one end of the rod part 22 resting in notch I8 and the opposite end resting in notch II, the reel and handle being extended beyond the rack as shown in Figure 1. The thumb screw 20 is then tightened upon the rod part 22 (Figure 3) to secure it. The free end of the line is now grasped between the thumb and forefinger of one hand and the wet line is unwound from the reel spool and laced or wound about rollers II until it is ful'y paid out from the reel spool, the lacing of the line about and between the rollers I I being generally of spiraloid form.

In lacing the line about the roller I I the sloping walls of the serrations ser e to direct the line into the adjacent grooves. The s acing of the convolutions of the line by the serrations prevents contact between them and insures complete exposure of the line to the atmosphere. In lacing the line about the rollers I I it is not necessary that it be carefully wound so that each course will be evenly spaced from the adjacent course. In practice any winding which separates the courses or convolutions of the line will produce satisfactory results.

The line as left upon the rack will be comletely driedin from fifteen minutes to a half hour, depending upon its composition and degree of saturation, and thereafter the line may Upon ccmpletionlefgthe reminding of the ine on the reel' spool the thumb scirew 20 is loosened and rod 2| removed from rack. Disassembly of the rack for transportation or storage is accomplished by loosening both thumb.,,screws-1--apgl.

withdrawing rod 6 from supports 2 and 3. The relatively small supports may be carriedin the usual tackle box while the relatively long tie, rod

may be carried in the ordinaryrod case.

I claim:

A fishing line drying device comprising strucfishing line, and a freely rotatable vertical roller element carried by each standard whereby the fishing line may be wound upon and strung between them with its convolutions in spaced relation to insure complete exposure of the fishing line to the air.

TULLY J. ENGLISH.

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